Television and Radio

Methow Forest Forum | Dr. Chad Hanson joined in a powerful community meeting in the Methow Valley focused on protecting our forests while pursuing ecologically responsible wildfire safety in communities. Upon clicking the video, Dr. Chad Hanson’s presentation should be marked at its start (if not, his panel begins at 18 minutes, 20 seconds).

KNX Radio | Dr. Chad Hanson shares his insights on the ‘Zone 0 Plan,’ i.e., defensible space measures, that CalFire has gotten backwards. He believes the existing defensible space rules are unclear at the moment.

Currently, disinformation about this relationship is being used as a primary political talking point to promote destructive logging measures and environmental rollbacks, including national bills and policies that mostly pertain to non-sequoia forests.

Green Root Podcast | On episode 92 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get scorched by FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE (ForestFireMalfeasance.org), a new report exposing a government coverup of peer-reviewed science to promote logging on public lands, with Dr. Chad Hanson, research ecologist and director of John Muir Project.

Center for Responsible Forestry | Dr. Chad Hanson is invited to speak with a new kind of book club – where stories spark action, ideas grow into movements, and love for forests bring people together – that has just finished his book, “Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate”. He makes a powerful, evidence-based case for rethinking fire – seeing it not as a disaster, but as an essential part of forest health and climate resilience.

Adam Bronstein interviews Dr. Chad Hanson about the unique ecological role of giant sequoias and the critical importance of high-intensity fires for their reproduction. Chad outlines the widespread misunderstanding among policymakers and the public about these majestic trees and forests, emphasizing that low-intensity fires do not provide the conditions needed for giant sequoia regeneration.

Tipping Point | The Hindu spoke to Chad Hanson, a California-based research ecologist from the John Muir Project, to understand the causes behind California wildfires, dispel the rumours, and discuss the way forward.

NewsNation | Forest and fire ecologist Chad Hanson joins Banfield to discuss how exactly a wildfire is contained. Palisades Fire is 14% contained as of Monday evening.

Al Arabiya News | The wildfire in Palisades is said to have burned 17,000 acres of land as the dangerous embers reached the Hollywood hills area late last night. Donald Trump has also used this opportunity to publicly criticize the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, blaming his leadership as a reason for the mishandling of the fire.

CNN | Dr. Chad Hanson points out the urgent need to create fire-safe communities in the midst of ongoing Southern California shrubland fires. He also mentions the lack of evidence that this event was exacerbated due to a lack of water – the fire hydrant infrastructure is not designed to address a situation where you have several hundred homes, simultaneously, engaged in flames.